Or, How I've Stayed Sane While Mowing for the Last 19 Years - Writing podcasts can provide how-tos, but I find they spark my creativity. Here's a shortlist.
Oh wow -- there you go! It didn't pop up in my search... Spotify seems to be going the way of Google, showing you the podcasts it wants to push, not the ones you actually search for...
Thanks for the link! I hit "Follow" and I'll start from the beginning next time I'm out for a walk!
Six hours to mow a lawn?! That’s madness Graham. Mine takes an hour and a quarter and it feels like a lot. But I do get to listen to podcasts as well. I’m a sucker for an interview with an interesting person (which I’l confess usually means smart, not famous), so I gravitate toward “People I Mostly Admire,” “The Ezra Klein Show” (though it gets more political than I’d like and I sometimes skip those), and “The Interview” (hit and miss, but the one with Sean Penn was oddly interesting).
Six hours is in the spring when the grass is thick. But that's just on the mower, and doesn't include weedeating or getting into the corners with the push mower or pruning the trees or cutting the fallen trees or pulling the "prickly traveller" bushes or...
I need to finally publish a bestseller so I can hire a service... lol
Thanks for the podcast recommendations! I also listen to non-writing podcasts such as "Click Here" and "Discord and Rhyme" by self-confessed music geeks who deep dive on rock albums from The White Album to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane. I'm not nearly as geeky about music as I'd like to be -- I found that I have a narrow range of what I like -- but they've made me appreciate artists and albums I might have passed over otherwise!
For me it's wanting to boost the little guys/gals because I know how much work goes into making a podcast, especially when you don't have sponsorship, a production team, or notoriety on your side.
I love Jason Bateman and Wil Arnett, but they're success - like most celebrities - doesn't hinge on my listenership.
But mine does ... on yours ... guys ... just saying. 😜
Thanks for these, Graham. I’ll check them out.
I listen to MY OWN podcast ... obviously. 😁
I also enjoyed "Keeping a Notebook" hosted by YA author Nina LaCour. It was short-lived (pandemic) but inspiring.
Oh, how did I miss that!?!
I just went to subscribe, but it's not on Spotify (which is what I usually use for podcasts these days...)
I did find it here though -- it's on my TBL list!
https://megoolders.substack.com/s/talk-fiction
https://open.spotify.com/show/4O5xUMo8SvdYU1U7UYgIGC?si=ce40ccef33a6457f
😁
Oh wow -- there you go! It didn't pop up in my search... Spotify seems to be going the way of Google, showing you the podcasts it wants to push, not the ones you actually search for...
Thanks for the link! I hit "Follow" and I'll start from the beginning next time I'm out for a walk!
Six hours to mow a lawn?! That’s madness Graham. Mine takes an hour and a quarter and it feels like a lot. But I do get to listen to podcasts as well. I’m a sucker for an interview with an interesting person (which I’l confess usually means smart, not famous), so I gravitate toward “People I Mostly Admire,” “The Ezra Klein Show” (though it gets more political than I’d like and I sometimes skip those), and “The Interview” (hit and miss, but the one with Sean Penn was oddly interesting).
Six hours is in the spring when the grass is thick. But that's just on the mower, and doesn't include weedeating or getting into the corners with the push mower or pruning the trees or cutting the fallen trees or pulling the "prickly traveller" bushes or...
I need to finally publish a bestseller so I can hire a service... lol
Thanks for the podcast recommendations! I also listen to non-writing podcasts such as "Click Here" and "Discord and Rhyme" by self-confessed music geeks who deep dive on rock albums from The White Album to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane. I'm not nearly as geeky about music as I'd like to be -- I found that I have a narrow range of what I like -- but they've made me appreciate artists and albums I might have passed over otherwise!
I'm with Tom Re: smart, not famous.
For me it's wanting to boost the little guys/gals because I know how much work goes into making a podcast, especially when you don't have sponsorship, a production team, or notoriety on your side.
I love Jason Bateman and Wil Arnett, but they're success - like most celebrities - doesn't hinge on my listenership.
But mine does ... on yours ... guys ... just saying. 😜
I have your podcast link saved!
Yeah, I used Smartless because I figured that might be the most famous one at the moment. I hadn't even heard of it until last winter... lol